first, i thought the presentation was excellent, and i appreciate the job that the people of 311 and dpw are doing. it makes a big difference to know that somebody out there in the city is trying to get a structured response to this problem. i would also like to say that in my neighborhood, we do not have just one language. i would like to see materials available to the neighborhood association to pass out that are in chinese or spanish. for example, that would make a difference. it would also be and out reach so that people would understand that you do share a sense of community and that the barrier is not language. with regard to the idea of community is trying to clean up, in district 7, alongside circular avenue, neighbors in the sunny side have recently been working to clear out debris. this is several weekends they have been doing this. condoms, tires, heights, bottles, cans. this is a neglected area, and they are trying to focus on getting the community organization to do something. this has been done by people in my community. this has also been done -- neighborhood cleanup is in

between now and the next hearing on this, i will personally meet with dpw and other city departmentsto try to set up some contacts and infrastructure so we can address this more meaningfully. supervisor avalos: thank you. appreciate your presence. lastly, just want to call up the representative from recology, and i think you have some materials to address this issue of dumping and disposal. maybe you could just share with that really quick, and then we will end our hearing. >> thank you very much, supervisors. we have developed, along with the department of public works and department of the environment, materials that we send out to the public. one of which we call our wonder mailer because it is when you wonder what to do with all the stuff that does not go into our -- that black, blue, or green bin. it lists quite a few resources as to what to do with fluorescent light bulbs, paint, and that sort of thing. we also have a little brochure about the recycle my job program, which is mainly residential. we do provide it to small business, also, a charge. for residents, it is twice a ye

it sounds like it was just within the dpw. it might not be a bad idea just to get an explanation of how that happened within that process, which would definitely be part of an overall discussion of the permitting process in the city in general. getting that feedback would be very helpful. i suggest we just confine this one to re -- to a dpw presentation. >> do you want that to be a committee or a full commission? commissioner clyde: i would be fun with it being simply a committee. then we could look at why this conflict cannot be resolved. a person brings it up, but why the serial extension? is it something in the code? is it something in the rules the does not allow for a resolution one way or the attacks -- one way or the other? this is to do with japan. i am very concerned that the fire department is looking at cutting the nert program. in light of what has happened in japan, small businesses are the first responders in many situations, as well as our residents. this is not a time. i would like to know the status of the ner

we have been dpw director as well as other members of the city departments here. we also have risen from around the city as well that will be providing comment. i think we will have a little give-and-take on some of the concerns raised, what the response from the department could be as well. >> thank you. good morning, members of the committee. ed riskin, director of public works. very grateful for the opportunity to talk about this issue. it is one that challenges the department, city, other city departments that we work in partnership with. this is a good opportunity to get you and the public up to date on what we're doing, what we are facing, and two things we would like to get out of this -- raise awareness of the issues and what people's responsibilities are, in regards to the issues behind illegal dumping. also to stimulate conversation on ideas and suggestions on how we can get ahead of this issue. i have a brief presentation that i will run through. we will be putting this information on our website for the benefit of the public. we would welcome any quest

first, i thought the presentation was excellent, and i appreciate the job that the people of 311 and dpw are doing. it makes a big difference to know that somebody out there in the city is trying to get a structured response to this problem. i would also like to say that in my neighborhood, we do not have just one language. i would like to see materials available to the neighborhood association to pass out that are in chinese or spa.

and the architect -- with dpw and the architect. they thought we were creating a safer sidewalk. i can go into that later. some of the important things to remember is that there is a good 25 feet between me dr requestor's home and the side of our building. that is generous, especially by san francisco standards. president olague: speakers in support of the project sponsor. seeing none. dr requestor respective -- dr requestors, you have two minutes each. >> commissioners, i am almost beside myself. the sponsors response to our complaints -- it is terribly upsetting. if mr. arcolini works for muni, he clearly does not take a bus. we will stand by our commitment. there is not a bus stop within three blocks of that property. there is not. if you do, you have to climb a mountain to get there. secondly, this irrelevant stuff that gets in there -- i don't know. the owner of the property owns three other properties, one of which is a six-unit apartment building not a half mile from where we are talking about. if he has a problem with renting income in retirement, there is something wrong

for items left on one side of the street corner, but then the cat a corner there are four items, does dpw require a separate call to pick up stuff on the opposite side of the street? staffing who does this work, do they take the initiative to pick of the items across the street as well? i imagine they do, but i wonder if there needs to be a separate order? >> our policy of the department is when our folks are out, they will address it if they can themselves. if not, they would directly call it into dispatch. we would not require the public to make another service request. if our folks have the capacity, they should address it at that time, or they would report it in. supervisor avalos: i had another person who lives in the xl cher. she reported to me that she called 311, and she saw a van in the process of dumping. she was able to get its license plate, called 311, was patched into the police department, and they said, we probably would not be able to follow up on this because the van operator would say that he was caught in error and was not dumping. it is not something we can get involv

mobil foods, a week ago today, dpw opened for the public space which is sidewalks and streets. i really want to thank them for the work they did to really prepare the mobile food businesses and the application process. it went relatively smoothly. there are a few follow-up issues that they will deal with. >> i was curious if you could share with us what response they got. i was just curious how many people applied for various permits. >> i will get a response. as of today, i think they had 40. if i understand correctly, those were primarily new applicants. the existing applicants will need to renew with them. that is where we might need to focus. i'll ask for an update. >> is there a cap on the amount of permits? i was intrigued on how people were camping out to apply for their permit. >> i think it was about locations. the first to be able to get a location. >> a strategic location. >>> dpw asked about doing a lottery, and they said it has to be first-come, first-serve. they are still trageting -- targeting march 25 the effective date for the outreach events. please let chris

were you routed to dpw? could you just explain that? >> we had a landscape architect who worked as a consultant with our architect. we designed the building to actually remove the trees. we thought we were doing the right thing. as she said, we are down to me, because we would have planted the same amount of trees, but -- we are down one trade. -- one tree. of course, we are not going to spend $4 million on the project and have a treat -- tree blocking the courtyard. president goh: ok, thank you. commissioner hwang: would you be willing to remove a single tree as a compromise? >> initially, i would have said yes, but after having two arborists come out, there is the financial burden that this will bring, and these are covered with fruit. they drop the fruit. it is a mess. there is a lot of children and baby carriages, and they are messy, and it is dangerous. the roots are compromised because of the planter boxes, and the way it was was, which it was explained to me by the arborist is that -- and the way it was, as it was explained to me

we are targeting a march 1 date for applications at dpw. we are hosting a workshop on february 25 in the evening to assist the emobile operators infilling of their application. the object of this is that the vendors will come, have a pre- review of their application, because dpw, we fully anticipate long lines, so this is to help facilitate the permit applications being able to be accepted and being able to the minister as many as it possibly can the first day. the local hiring initiative which you heard, mayor lee has tasked someone with this, and we are looking at a march implementation. let me know if you're interested in having any kind of follow-up reporting to the commission after the program gets implemented. i am still trying to work with the police department as to when is an appropriate time for them to come and schedule a presentation to you on the implementation of the. -- of that. and then i will leave the rest of it for you to read. communications, calendar items, mayor lee, jane kim, chiu, and others are hosting a new event n

in terms of the interface between dpw and some consultants, perhaps a warning leveabel, but in regards to the expedited permit fee, it helps significantly within the fire department as far as the review process. as far as a similar process were an additional fee will put u.s. ahead of the line, there are some exceptions that have been made for life-saving issues were potentially an additional fee may help people who are willing to pay that and expedite it. >> thank you. any further public speakers? seeing none, next item. >> item number six, presentation and discussion on gthe dbi online permit tracking system with vivian day. >> i am the director of dbi, and i am here to discuss our current tracking system. in 2006 and -- actually in the 2005-2006 fiscal year, and we had a private company come in to read a few for planning and -- to research for planning and dbi, and it was determined it would not meet the technology needs of the future. we are in a position where it is like a rubber band. we stretch it, and we have five to 7 programmers who work on its daily, trying to keep the syste

no diagram. .dpw, i asked for a review of how they reviewed the electrical diagrams and so on. they do not have an electrical engineer. so who is inspecting these devices? it is not clear to me at all. back to the planning department's review, i mean, it is very clear that there is no mention anywhere of this architecturally significant building. in my brief, if you look at the page, there is no mention of it. they did not take that into account at all, and i think the reason why it is clear, they have got all of these applications coming in. they did not have time to review that, and the time they had so many coming in, nextg is rushing to get these up as quickly as possible without following the rules, so i would like to ask you to revoke this and ask them for the proper documents, to come into compliance, and follow the city rules. thank you. note -- director goldstein: thank you. miss, you also have three minutes. >> these show the photographic simulation. we submitted engineering drawings that did have the equipment specifications included in those drawings. then there was

that is the second contract which is done by dpw. we will answer any questions that you have. >> i have one comment on this. i and stand this is a 500-day duration for this contract which is about a year-and-a-half. -- i understand this is a 500- day duration for this contract. if anything comes on line, we might be able to gain perspective to keep storm water at level of service we were talking about and to keep additional storm water and rain water out of that type. i think that would be great. some of the ideas that members of the public might have, there are things that are being piloted that could be going on at the same time for that to be continued at the standard consideration. >> yes, we will be taking all of those things into consideration. this is something that we are aware of once these things are designed the change orders and those sorts of things. we are better -- we are open to the better plans. there is a separation in these particular projects. this might be an issue. putting in two types, this has to end up going

included with this is a summary vacation and jurisdictional transfer of land from dpw to sfmta, which facilitates the sale to redevelopment and allows sfmta to receive the proceeds. dpw for illegally quinces their interest -- full rely relinquis their interest in a road which was never built. combined with regional and federal funding sources, we will have over $12 million in committed funds, and required local match for the bus loop reconfiguration project and adjacent improvements, which will become a reality. the sale includes appropriate reservations for necessary utility uses, and a provision to grant necessary pedestrian access and emergency apparatus access the easements to facilitate the housing development. the actions before you today, the summary vacation, the jurisdictional transfer, the sale for affordable housing, and the granting or reserving of easements are consistent with the general plan, according to the planning department, and consistent with the final environmental impact report of the balboa park station area plan. the agency commission and the sfma board appro

would you think dpw fit that description? it certainly did. this report was handed to me through the mayor's office. of course, the mayor then was mayer brown. and said, "what are you going to do with this?" of course, the first thing you do is read it with the understanding that there's probably a lot of information there that's going to be very hard and goals and programs that will be difficult to implement at the department of public works, which have historically been a very male-dominated agency. we made a commitment to the mayor that we would study that report and implement every single one of those as it applied to every level. i was willing to do that. surrounding the were a lot of other powerful women who said it would not be that hard. all you had to do was pay attention. all you had to do was not take no for an answer. all you had to do was look forward, not backwards. with those very little pieces of advice, we took on that task and we found mid-level managers. we found that many women that were trying to get even to the blue-colla

we have worked with the planning department, and g-8, dpw, -- mta, dpw, puc, and is meant to provide access to pedestrians and bicyclists while still providing local access. punctuated by a series of smaller neighborhood parks, which are really meant to provide opportunities to residents to be the social part of the neighborhoods, and again, providing both visual and physical access to the bay. finally, the last neighborhood on treasure island is the east side neighborhood. again, part of it is distinguishing character from the other neighborhoods. a long, linear park. it is about 120-foot right of way from building space to building space that would be dedicated to pedestrian and bicycle use. no cars would be allowed along it, and is really a series of cars that i can help to anchor the neighborhood and connect residents to the island core. there is a number of rules within the design guidelines that allow for some flexibility in terms of where the towers are located, both with respect to maximizing use, providing solar gain on to the public parks and open spaces, and providing a va

board of appeals does not enforce those conditions, the department does, so that would be within the dpw jurisdiction to assure compliance with any permit conditions. vice president garcia: we can ask for a higher level. commissioner peterson: one thing that i am looking at is that there have been some references to email, etc., about how that miscommunication, the briefing or documentation to support this. i think the compliance issue is really troubling to me given that it is so pervasive, and i would rather than make a decision today, continue it until we get that information. i do not know of anyone else would be so inclined. commissioner fung: commissioner hwang, what information are you looking for? commissioner hwang: the basis is some miscommunication in all of these cases. i have heard references to emails, references to the contractor got one thing but not another, but i have not seen documentation to support these claims, and they may well exist and could be put together in a packet for us. i would like to review it. it would help me in terms of feeling there is some basis for

supervisor mar: i just wanted to thank the great staff from dpw who are coordinating with many community groups for arbor day. please join us. thank you. president chiu: let me see if there are members of the public who wish to comment on this item. seeing none, if it to carol call on the imperative resolution. -- if we can take roll-call on the imperative revolution -- resolution. supervisor weiner: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: could you read any in memoriams? >> this meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor weiner, for the late clint mitchel. for the late hyacinth smith, the late tomas vallejo. that concludes our business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other offic

with the treatment by dpw, the definition of streets also bears on responsibility for pedestrians lighting. sometimes pictures help. here is a photo that shows rincon hill area. you can see a street light and to the left, a pedestrian light. this is an example of pedestrian lighting that was installed by the developer for and improve to the area. -- and then prove to the area. this is another light that is pedestrian scale. you can see the top of the light. this is a redevelopment- sponsored project. then we will have the lighting that gives you an example of the pedestrian scale lighting we are talking about. many of these projects are proposed by developers working with the city. the better street plan adoption means that any doctor who will rebuild a block or a number of blocks will be obligated to install pedestrian lighting. once the plan is in place to install it, who reviews the plan. who expects the work after it has installed. under the proposed pedestrian policy you have, we are suggesting that for whites that are located along the street as is currently defined by the public's w

dpw's enforcement was because of minor variations. it was somewhat hamstrung. the blight ordinance focused on the abatement process. these two ordinances now address that. the rest will submit. >> with no other names on the roster, that concludes roll call for introduction. president chiu: why don't we move to public comment? >> the opportunity to address the board for two minutes on items within the jurisdiction of the board. and excluding items that have been considered by a committee. they will be allowed at twice the amount of time to testify. if they would like a document to be displayed, clearly states such and remove the document when the street should -- screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. president chiu: yo uhavu have to minutes unless you're using a translator. they will have equal time. >> [speaking foreign language] we want to discuss with you about the problem we have in the city. the first time i have seen as the mayor of this city working together. supervisors, i thank you. i would like to thank each of you personally because we